When kids hit their teens, family camping trips become a tougher sell. Especially weekend outings to nearby campgrounds. If you’re not bringing their friends along or meeting some at the destination, the fun of just being at a campground is no longer going to cut it. I had this in mind as I began planning […]
Fort Steele Resort & RV Park – review
I’ve been wanting to camp at Fort Steele Resort & RV Park for three years now. This past summer, it finally happened, albeit for one night only. My yearning to camp here was triggered during Covid. Outdoor activities had been greenlit, so my son and I went gold panning in Fort Steele, British Columbia. One […]
Springer Creek RV Park & Campground – review
Silver and gold. Silver and gold. We were both looking for silver and gold. This is what brought us to Slocan, BC, and why we ended up spending two nights camping at Springer Creek RV Park & Campground. If only we’d had a snowman to guide us to the mother lode. Gold had proven elusive […]
Cedar Falls Campground – review
Sometimes it’s hard not feeling like I’d have no luck at all if it weren’t for bad luck. It was the only hiccup in planning our nine-day rockhounding adventure through BC. I had hoped to spend one night at Gold Panner Campground near Cherryville. On the way to our next destination after a day of […]
Marble Canyon Campground – Kootenay National Park – review
Here’s an interesting tidbit. Kootenay National Park was a bribe. It’s true. A century ago, a deal was in place for the federal government to build a road from Banff to the Alberta/BC border at Vermilion Pass. The BC provincial government would build a road from Windermere to the pass thereby opening up the region […]
Barkerville Lowhee Campground – review
Typically, when camping, the campground itself is the destination. Be it on a lake or within a national or provincial park, the campground is crucial to an enjoyable camping trip. But sometimes the campground is an afterthought; a cheaper alternative to a hotel or, in some cases, the only alternative to a hotel. Such was […]